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Sergey Koval

Sergey Koval was born in 1960 in Zavolzhsk (Russia, Ivanov region) and spent his childhood and adolescence in Dnepropetrovsk, in 1984 he graduated from the Nikolayev ship-building institute.

Sergey Koval was always taking a great interest in arts and literature. In 1985 he published at his own expense his first book of poems. The same year he realized that he had a calling for painting. This important realization came to him when he was visiting the picturesque town of Koktebel on the Black Sea.

Sergey’s first paintings were done in a water-colour technique, then he mastered tempera painting.

The paintings by Sergey Koval can be found in private collections and in the art galleries of Austria, England, Germany, Israel, Canada, Russia, U.S.A., Ukraine, Czechia and Switzerland.

Since 1988 Sergey Koval has been known for his oil paintings. He studied the theory of painting and techniques that were used by ancient and classical artists, but his first and foremost interests were the Dutch, Flemish and Italian schools.

The artist’s biography counts for more than twenty exhibitions of his creative works. The “jubilee” exhibition dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Sergey Koval was held in the Kyiv Museum if the Russian Arts in December, 2000.

Over 70 canvasses by Koval from the private collection of painting admirers from Ukraine were represented at the exhibition. Afterwards the exhibitions of Sergey Kovals works were held at the Administration of the President of Ukraine (Kyiv), at the Museum od A.S.Grin (Crimea), and at the Gallery of the National Union of Painters (Kyiv).